PAD's MO.  If he doesn't understand it or thinks it's silly, it's time to mock it. 

Pulling just that single page, as great as it is, eliminates the preceding pages wherein Spider-Man draws upon all sorts of inspiration to pull off this feat:

Some of the absolute best from Lee and Ditko on any character ever.  Just fantastic.

Yes, they are fantastic. Thanks for sharing those.

It's not just about strength, either. I like the combine harvester scene in SUPERMAN III where Superman flies to save an unconscious young Ricky, who is moments away from being killed. I guess if one were to be pedantic, Superman could have flown within a nanosecond to stop that harvester, but it was more gripping seeing it getting closer and closer to Ricky and Superman stopping it just in time.

Getting back to strength, those Spider-Man pages that have been posted remind me why I love the character. Sure, I like his costume and his web-slinging and his climbing up walls, but it's his never-give-up attitude that really makes me like him - it's so inspiring.

For me, I'm fine with feats of strength within a modicum
of reason. As amazing as it is, a hero lifting a tank or
even a battleship, is easy to visualize and accept.

Lifting mountains and moving planets, beyond being silly
on face value, CAN'T be achieved in a world that operates
on the same physical laws ours (irregardless of the fact
that magic exists in the Marvel and DC U's, this is the
case)unless you employ the ever handy "magic card" which
is rarely done.

I sometimes wonder if the mega super-feats are a by-products of costumes.  I mean, if Superman wore street clothes, would he ever have gone beyond his original levels.  Or would Green Lantern be traveling through the stars if he wore street clothes, or would he use a space ship like Abin Sur did?  Costumes take us out of "our world" into ultra fantastic and maybe this where all the laws of nature get tossed too.  (Or may be not.  Just a thought.)

That said, I like the mega feats, though I do tend to like the levels Byrne established in MOS for Superman over the 60s/70s version.   The funy thing is I can identify more with the Hulk holding up a mountain more than the Hulk pushing over a wall as pictured above. 

No, not really.

I remember a lot of talk amongst us kids at the time about how Lou Forrigno could really lift a car.

But another "mega-feat" from comics that stands out because it looks so cool is this one from Neal Adams.

That Hercules scene from MTU Steve Ogden posted above is indeed "goofy". As that book's editor at the time (Roy Thomas?) pointed out, "Why, the damage to the Triboro(sp?) Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel alone would have..."

Our host, JB, showed how it was done a few years later in his FF. The villainous Terrax drags Manhattan into space, and while the FF are busy, other super-doers like Thor and Iron Man pick up the slack.

Iron Man, as Thor disappears into the churning waters below: "What the heck is he doing?"